http://familybalance.specials.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Mom's family balance blog GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-06-30T11:55:44Z Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000081.htm Just when you don't have babies any more, suddenly you notice that the stuff for babies has gotten way better: amazing strollers, some new kind of diaper; and waaay better... http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000081.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:05:57 +0000 2008-07-04T20:05:57Z http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000080.htm The thing I love about car trips is that we're all together for an extended time in a confined space. To some, this may sound like a kind of living... http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000080.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:55:44 +0000 2008-06-30T11:55:44Z http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000079.htm Now that some major airlines are charging for even the first piece of checked luggage, it occurred to me: there could be a nice perk in this, for families traveling... http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000079.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:38:11 +0000 2008-06-24T12:38:11Z http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000078.htm As a military wife living far away from my East Coast-based family, trips back home are something I really look forward to -- and dread at the same time! The... http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000078.htm Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:15:21 +0000 2008-06-22T21:15:21Z http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000077.htm That "Ouch!" at the pump just keeps getting louder; meanwhile airlines and cruise ships are adding on fuel surcharges... Welcome to 2008, the year that "Staycation" enters the vocabulary: i.e., ... http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000077.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:44:21 +0000 2008-06-20T16:44:21Z http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000076.htm For a bunch of years in a row, several weeks of summer were "Sailing School" time here on our little island. Our youngest son turned out to be the keenest... http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000076.htm Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:33:50 +0000 2008-06-15T17:33:50Z http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000075.htm There comes a time in most kids' lives when "summer vacation" no longer means an endless daisy chain of sunny lazy days, but rather an opportunity to get out and... http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000075.htm Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:11:02 +0000 2008-06-11T15:11:02Z http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000074.htm Living on a little west-coast island, my boys have grown up with plenty of time spent at the beach. But "beach" around here is not exactly your azure-sea white-sand variety.I... http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000074.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:08:22 +0000 2008-06-06T01:08:22Z http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000073.htm What're your kids doing this summer? Umm, traveling the world, maybe? Last night was one of those milestone nights of parenting: high-school grad banquet for one of our sons; and it... http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000073.htm Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:46:25 +0000 2008-06-01T21:46:25Z http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000072.htm My kids sure are entertaining. Sometimes my two-year-old daughter stands on a elevated platform in our house that resembles a stage -- and she does a little tap dance!... http://familybalance.specials.about.com/b/a/000072.htm Fri, 30 May 2008 09:49:00 +0000 2008-05-30T09:49:00Z